TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical activity, function, and quality of life
T2 - Design and methods of the FlexToBa TM trial
AU - McAuley, Edward
AU - Wójcicki, Thomas R.
AU - White, Siobhan M.
AU - Mailey, Emily L.
AU - Szabo, Amanda N.
AU - Gothe, Neha
AU - Olson, Erin A.
AU - Mullen, Sean P.
AU - Fanning, Jason
AU - Motl, Robert W.
AU - Rosengren, Karl
AU - Estabrooks, Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
The project described was supported by grant number 2R01 AG20118-05 from the National Institute on Aging . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes on Aging. The authors express their appreciation to: Susan H. Herrel, project coordinator for this study; Bill Yauch and RiellyBoy Productions; Erica Urrego, DVD exercise leader; and Grant Henry, Lynda Matejkowski, Joyce O'Donnell, Bernard Puglisi, Paula Smith, and Peter Tan, DVD exercise models. The authors also extend their thanks to Andrew Weil, MD, for the generous contribution of the Healthy Aging DVDs.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - The Flexibility, Toning, and Balance (FlexToBa TM) Trial is a two-armed randomized controlled trial which will contrast the effects of a DVD-delivered, home-based, physical activity intervention and a Healthy Aging attention control condition on physical activity, functional performance, functional limitations, and quality of life in low active, older adults. This innovative trial will recruit 300 participants across central Illinois who will be randomized into the intervention arm or control arm of the study. The intervention will last 6. months with a 6. month follow-up. Assessments at baseline, post intervention and follow-up will include physical activity (self-report and accelerometry), a battery of functional performance measures, functional limitations, quality of life, and an array of psychological health measures. In addition, measures of external validity will be included to determine public health significance of a successful outcome. Participants will engage in a progressive series of activities focusing on flexibility, strengthening, and balance exercises which are demonstrated by a trained exercise leader and age-appropriate models on a series of DVDs. Delivery of the intervention has its basis in social cognitive theory. The specific aims of the trial are (a) to determine the effects of the DVD-delivered FlexToBa TM program on physical activity, functional performance, functional limitations, and quality of life, (b) to examine the mediators of the relationships between physical activity and functional limitations and quality of life, (c) to assess external validity indicators relative to the intervention, and (d) to determine differential effects of the intervention on psychosocial health measures.
AB - The Flexibility, Toning, and Balance (FlexToBa TM) Trial is a two-armed randomized controlled trial which will contrast the effects of a DVD-delivered, home-based, physical activity intervention and a Healthy Aging attention control condition on physical activity, functional performance, functional limitations, and quality of life in low active, older adults. This innovative trial will recruit 300 participants across central Illinois who will be randomized into the intervention arm or control arm of the study. The intervention will last 6. months with a 6. month follow-up. Assessments at baseline, post intervention and follow-up will include physical activity (self-report and accelerometry), a battery of functional performance measures, functional limitations, quality of life, and an array of psychological health measures. In addition, measures of external validity will be included to determine public health significance of a successful outcome. Participants will engage in a progressive series of activities focusing on flexibility, strengthening, and balance exercises which are demonstrated by a trained exercise leader and age-appropriate models on a series of DVDs. Delivery of the intervention has its basis in social cognitive theory. The specific aims of the trial are (a) to determine the effects of the DVD-delivered FlexToBa TM program on physical activity, functional performance, functional limitations, and quality of life, (b) to examine the mediators of the relationships between physical activity and functional limitations and quality of life, (c) to assess external validity indicators relative to the intervention, and (d) to determine differential effects of the intervention on psychosocial health measures.
KW - Functional limitations
KW - Functional performance
KW - Older adults
KW - Physical activity
KW - Quality of life
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cct.2011.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cct.2011.10.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 22024470
AN - SCOPUS:84855345116
SN - 1551-7144
VL - 33
SP - 228
EP - 236
JO - Contemporary Clinical Trials
JF - Contemporary Clinical Trials
IS - 1
ER -